At a public hearing Wednesday, hookah lounge owners said the proposed regulations that the Columbus City Council will vote on Monday would be unfair, pointing to gas stations and grocery stores that sell tobacco but are open into the early morning. The

City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. is holding to a commitment to a partial ban on flavored tobacco products after the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce blasted the proposal in a recent letter. “A sales restriction is not going to properly address the pro

As a bank with sustainability at the core of our strategy, we recognise our duty to contribute to society’s wellbeing. ... ING will have withdrawn from the tobacco industry by 2023. This includes our exposure to the growing, trading, processing and manufa

Barring any last minute reversal, locally manufactured alcoholic and tobacco beverages (“Excisable Products”) will be subject to a new excise regime from 4 June 2018. This new regime is pursuant to Section 13 of the Customs, Excise Tariff, etc. (Consolid

Adam Johnstone-Smith was raided THREE times in less than two months as he persisted in continuing his bootleg enterprise. The 71-year-old even hid part of the haul in a vat of spice mix for sausages in a possible bid to throw sniffer dogs off the scent.

They did not ask for any identification to check the buyers’ age, claiming that they were busy or that the minors were older than they were, and were caught by the HSA’s ground surveillance and enforcement activities.

Letters were also sent to companies that had low representation of women in top management and among their direct reports, including Persimmon, the housebuilder, British American Tobacco, CRH, the building materials company, and Tui, the travel group.